diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4efa7b2..e6cc1d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ openscap-0.6.0.tar.gz
 /openscap-1.2.13.tar.gz
 /openscap-1.2.14.tar.gz
 /openscap-1.2.15.tar.gz
+/openscap-1.2.16.tar.gz
diff --git a/openscap.spec b/openscap.spec
index f1bac66..83f8417 100644
--- a/openscap.spec
+++ b/openscap.spec
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 restorecon -R /usr/bin/oscap /usr/libexec/openscap; \
 
 Name:           openscap
-Version:        1.2.15
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.2.16
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Set of open source libraries enabling integration of the SCAP line of standards
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 License:        LGPLv2+
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{oscapdocker_pysitelib}/oscap_docker_python/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 14 2017 jcerny@redhat.com - 1.2.16-1
+- upgrade to the latest upstream release
+
 * Thu Oct 05 2017 Martin Preisler <mpreisle@redhat.com> - 1.2.15-2
 - moved oscap-chroot to openscap-scanner because it's a thin wrapper script with no dependencies
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 58042b9..e028c8a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (openscap-1.2.15.tar.gz) = c4ba1150a19464b3deaede837d82e6da700d95ef9dcf1f6105158e9df7b7d6397825270124247dc03b94e2bac3ad1cc4ba6944422b217b4b29d376b6911ab612
+SHA512 (openscap-1.2.16.tar.gz) = 971aadbf18d4dec230b109be2ca582d4261bd5e0be34a0a167a9a3d038333370ccf4f1dc1a0ee47613cd64746306279f5e37296bb03869fe0a7d8396d4abd878